Tom Brand is a major business tycoon in
NYC whose
workaholic attitude ruined his first marriage with Madison, and his adult son David now works for him and strives for his approval. They now live with Tom's second wife Lara, who is a little more tolerant of the fact that Tom is never at home, and the couple's daughter Rebecca. Tom's eponymous company FireBrand is nearing completion on its greatest achievement to date: the tallest skyscraper in the northern hemisphere that will be the new headquarters. In the opening scene, he skydives out of a plane and lands on the top of the new skyscraper, while David remains in the plane, refusing to jump. Rebecca's 11th birthday comes up and she has always wanted a cat, but Tom has always refused as he hates cats. Not wanting to disappoint her, he rushes to get a last-minute present for her birthday, but as he is distracted, the
GPS redirects him to a mysterious pet store called Purrkins Pet Shop, brimming with odd and exotic cats. The store's eccentric owner Felix Perkins tells him he does not pick the cat, the cat picks him. The
tomcat who does so is called Mr. Fuzzypants. Perkins says he has used up seven of his nine lives. Tom buys the cat. On his way home for the party, Tom meets with Ian Cox, one of the top managers of the company in charge of the new building, and learns that another building in
Chicago will be taller. They have an argument while on the roof that ends with Tom firing Ian, but lightning strikes the antenna. Tom is blown off the building along with the cat, and without any effort from Ian to save him, he plummets off the side of the skyscraper, but his leg gets snagged on some stray equipment and gets flung back inside through a window as he passes out. When he wakes up, he realizes that his human body is in the hospital in a
coma, and his
consciousness is
trapped inside the cat's body. Tom is visited by Felix, who is able to talk to him and knows what happened. Felix warns him to reevaluate his priorities, connect with his family, and avoid past mistakes within one week or else remain as a cat forever. When Lara and Rebecca take Mr. Fuzzypants home, he acts in an odd and stubborn way to try to convince his wife and daughter that he is actually Tom. This only drives them mad and he slowly comes to see how much he has ignored his family. Tom thinks Lara has been cheating on him with a "model" Josh Myers only to discover he is actually a realtor and they had been looking at houses together as a prelude to divorcing him. This motivates him to try to make her happy. He also learns that Ian is trying to make the company public with the help of the
board of directors to take power from Tom, even though David is trying to stop him. Ian fires David from the company and plans to announce that the company will be sold at the party for the new tower opening. Eventually, Rebecca realizes Mr. Fuzzypants is really her father. Meanwhile, Tom's body is in crisis at the hospital and Lara, David, and Rebecca all go there. Rebecca has the cat hidden in her backpack. While alone, David apologizes to Tom for failing to save the company and takes Tom's ID badge, implying he will commit suicide at the tower. At the hospital, Lara and Dr. Cole plan for Lara to sign a
DNR. Rebecca asks the cat to prove he is really Tom, but remembering that Felix said love is about sacrifice, decides to save David instead, sacrificing his only chance at regaining his humanity. At the tower, David jumps off the building and the cat jumps after him pulling a cable. It is then revealed that David is wearing a
BASE jumping parachute. He lands in the middle of the party, presents the company's articles of incorporation, and announces that he now controls his father's 51% of the stock. He says the company will remain a family company and fires Ian. Although the cat is not seen landing, Tom wakes up from his coma just in time to see David's announcement on the television. Meanwhile, Ian passes Felix who tells him to hang up his cell phone. He ignores him, but is then hit by a car, and his consciousness transfers into a cat that Felix takes back to his shop. Tom and Rebecca return to Felix where Tom asks if he has any dogs. Felix says he does not, but presents Mr. Fuzzypants, who has one life left. ==Cast==